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Title
Composite photograph labeled "Fire Department--early days" which shows two portraits and a horse-drawn engine
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a composite photograph labeled "Fire Department -- early days" which shows two portraits and a horse-drawn engine, [s.d.]. The two portraits are shown to the left, depicting an elderly gentleman to the far right with a slightly younger gentleman shown smaller to the right. Both men are pictured in bust and are wearing suits. To the far right, a drawing (?) is shown that depicts a man at the reigns of a horse-drawn fire engine. The horse faces left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2238
USC-0-1-1-2299 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12866
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2238
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12866.jpg
Subject
Fire-departments
Fire fighters
Horses
Los Angeles--Fire department #2
Los Angeles Fire Department
Roadways
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-17-18 [Microfiche number]
12866 [Accession number]
CHS-12866 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 5 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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